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Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. Stained glass symbolic representation of the Holy Spirit as a dove, c. 1660. The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are an enumeration of seven spiritual gifts first found in the book of Isaiah, [1] and much commented upon by patristic authors. [2] They are: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety ...
Another proverb says that wisdom is gained from God, "For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding". [98] In Proverbs 1:20 , there is also reference to wisdom personified in female form, "Wisdom calls aloud in the streets, she raises her voice in the marketplaces."
DIKW pyramid: Each step up the pyramid creates value based on the initial data, and can be used to answer high-level questions. The DIKW pyramid, also known variously as the DIKW hierarchy, wisdom hierarchy, knowledge hierarchy, information hierarchy, information pyramid, and the data pyramid, [1] refers to a class of models [2] representing purported structural or functional relationships ...
knowledge or wisdom that is acquired from thought or logic and reasoning. paññā from spiritual development (bhāvanā-maya-paññā) knowledge or wisdom that is acquired from direct spiritual experience. Fifth-century Theravada commentator Buddhaghosa states that this category of knowledge is produced from higher meditative absorptions. [12]
Hindu Mythology. A Saraswati statue in a park. Saraswati, goddess of knowledge, creativity, and speech. Ganesha, god of wisdom, luck, and new beginnings. Kartikeya, god of war, victory, and knowledge. Brihaspati, guru of the devas. Shukra, guru of the asuras. Dakshinamurti, an aspect of Shiva as the guru of sages.
Sophia (Koinē Greek: Σοφíα "Wisdom", Coptic: ⲧⲥⲟⲫⲓⲁ "the Sophia" [1]) is a major theme, along with Knowledge (γνῶσις gnosis, Coptic: ⲧⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ tsōwn), among many of the early Christian knowledge theologies grouped by the heresiologist Irenaeus as gnostikoi (γνωστικοί), "knowers" or "those with insight ...
Know thyself. " Know thyself " (Greek: Γνῶθι σαυτόν, gnōthi sauton) [a] is a philosophical maxim which was inscribed upon the Temple of Apollo in the ancient Greek precinct of Delphi. The best-known of the Delphic maxims, it has been quoted and analyzed by numerous authors throughout history, and has been applied in many ways.
The Owl of Athena, connoting wisdom. The third of the classical values – truth – is listed by Frankena alongside knowledge, understanding and wisdom. [38] Given that "truth may never be fully known" he shifted the emphasis onto knowledge, and most lists of values now tend to include knowledge rather than truth as one of the primary values.